Direct Laryngoscopy Outperforms Airtraq in a Physician-Staffed Prehospital System

Koenig, Kristi L. MD, FACEP

NEJM Journal Watch :p EM201103180000005, 2011. | DOI: 10.1056/EM201103180000005

Intubation performed by experienced physicians in an Austrian prehospital system was significantly less successful with the Airtraq laryngoscope than with direct laryngoscopy.